ANATOMY OF A COMPUTER

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Across
  1. 3. holds your graphics card, which supplies the image to the monitor
  2. 4. Port USB and FireWire connections are quickly replacing this item
  3. 5. Card attaches to one of the motherboard’s PCI slots.
  4. 6. 1394 Use this to connect different types of peripherals, including digital cameras and digital video cameras.
  5. 8. funnels power through the multicolored cables
  6. 10. activates when you turn on the computer and performs system checks before starting your main OS.
Down
  1. 1. a big PCB that has most of the PC's components
  2. 2. the brain that carries out your computers instructions
  3. 4. let’s peripherals communicate quickly with the processor
  4. 5. Port This is also known as a COM (communications) port.
  5. 7. when it reaches its capacity, the processor redirects the excess data to your hard drive
  6. 8. Although some newer mice and keyboards include USB cables, most require this
  7. 9. MP3 players, modern printers, and PDAs require this